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If you don't mind hippies, you might check out Evergreen State in Olympia Washington (state). A pretty liberal (for better and a bit for worse) school and I know they've got a fairly good collection of Moog modules (old) and computers fwiw. Solenoid On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Phil C wrote:

quoted 14 lines I have begun looking for colleges... Something which offers a well rounded

> I have begun looking for colleges... Something which offers a well rounded > smorgasborg of music theory/history etc & electronic music (everything from > recording techniques -> MIDI -> DSP and music related programming)... So far > I have found some stuff.... University of No. Colorado seems to be Ok... > Indiana Univ and Oregon (State)? University both look pretty intruiging as does > New College in Sarasota... though neither of the Universities offer anything > Re: programming (not specific to music anyway)... in New College I could fashion > some classes on my own... BUT... I am sure that I have missed some schools... > so could anyone offer some suggestions? Preferably in the US... but I am not > opposed to leaving the country either... ???? > > thanks, > phil >

Cal Arts School Of Music http://music.calarts.edu/ U.C. San Diego U.C. Berkeley U.C. Santa Barbara http://www.ccmrc.ucsb.edu/index.html University Of Iowa http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/~web/ems/HOME.HTML M.I.T. Harvard http://www-mario.harvard.edu/EMC/index.html STEIM http://www.xs4all.nl/~steim/main.html Phil C wrote:

quoted 13 lines I have begun looking for colleges... Something which offers a well rounded

> I have begun looking for colleges... Something which offers a well rounded > smorgasborg of music theory/history etc & electronic music (everything from > recording techniques -> MIDI -> DSP and music related programming)... So far > I have found some stuff.... University of No. Colorado seems to be Ok... > Indiana Univ and Oregon (State)? University both look pretty intruiging as does > New College in Sarasota... though neither of the Universities offer anything > Re: programming (not specific to music anyway)... in New College I could fashion > some classes on my own... BUT... I am sure that I have missed some schools... > so could anyone offer some suggestions? Preferably in the US... but I am not > opposed to leaving the country either... ???? > > thanks, > phil

I don't know about UC San Diego, our nusic department is not all that. ---- emosissy

quoted 9 lines Cal Arts School Of Music

> Cal Arts School Of Music http://music.calarts.edu/ > U.C. San Diego > U.C. Berkeley > U.C. Santa Barbara http://www.ccmrc.ucsb.edu/index.html > University Of Iowa http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/~web/ems/HOME.HTML > M.I.T. > Harvard http://www-mario.harvard.edu/EMC/index.html > STEIM http://www.xs4all.nl/~steim/main.html >

Sure you've got the right school?? I just looked throught the catalog and didn't find anything remotely related save two classes related to "computer" music. If you know the course numbers, I'd love to know....

quoted 2 lines Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, George Lewis & Bertram Turetzky are

> Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, George Lewis & Bertram Turetzky are > supposed to be teaching there. If they do I'd say you're doing really

well.

quoted 30 lines Ferneyhough is one of the most important composers of this century, George

> Ferneyhough is one of the most important composers of this century, George > Lewis is one of the first and only jazz musicians to incorporate > interactive electronics into live improvisation and Bertram Turetzky is a > legendary figure in avant-garde classical music since he was probably the > first contrabass player to specialize in extended techniques. You've also > got the SONOR & SIRIUS ensembles which specialize in contemporary works. > There's a Xenakis CD on Neuma that was all done at UCSD. It looks like > there are a lot of computer music and music technology courses offered > there plus a great looking "History Of Electronic Music" course. > > Drusca > > emosissy wrote: > > > I don't know about UC San Diego, our nusic department is not all that. > > > > ---- > > emosissy > > > > > Cal Arts School Of Music http://music.calarts.edu/ > > > U.C. San Diego > > > U.C. Berkeley > > > U.C. Santa Barbara http://www.ccmrc.ucsb.edu/index.html > > > University Of Iowa http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/~web/ems/HOME.HTML > > > M.I.T. > > > Harvard http://www-mario.harvard.edu/EMC/index.html > > > STEIM http://www.xs4all.nl/~steim/main.html > > > > >

Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, George Lewis & Bertram Turetzky are supposed to be teaching there. If they do I'd say you're doing really well. Ferneyhough is one of the most important composers of this century, George Lewis is one of the first and only jazz musicians to incorporate interactive electronics into live improvisation and Bertram Turetzky is a legendary figure in avant-garde classical music since he was probably the first contrabass player to specialize in extended techniques. You've also got the SONOR & SIRIUS ensembles which specialize in contemporary works. There's a Xenakis CD on Neuma that was all done at UCSD. It looks like there are a lot of computer music and music technology courses offered there plus a great looking "History Of Electronic Music" course. Drusca emosissy wrote:

quoted 14 lines I don't know about UC San Diego, our nusic department is not all that.

> I don't know about UC San Diego, our nusic department is not all that. > > ---- > emosissy > > > Cal Arts School Of Music http://music.calarts.edu/ > > U.C. San Diego > > U.C. Berkeley > > U.C. Santa Barbara http://www.ccmrc.ucsb.edu/index.html > > University Of Iowa http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/~web/ems/HOME.HTML > > M.I.T. > > Harvard http://www-mario.harvard.edu/EMC/index.html > > STEIM http://www.xs4all.nl/~steim/main.html > >

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Drusca wrote:

quoted 2 lines George Lewis is one of the first and only jazz musicians to

> George Lewis is one of the first and only jazz musicians to > incorporate interactive electronics into live improvisation

Not to mention that he's just an all-around badass. I'd kill my grandmother to take that Jazz Improvisation class from him! Aside from JJ Johnson, George Lewis is the mightiest trombonist on the face of the earth (and that's not even counting all of the electronic stuff that he does... For those of you who don't know, he wrote software for the Atari ST that reacts to his improvisations, and then he reacts to what it plays back at him, and so on, it's pretty neato.) check out the records he did John Zorn and Bill Frisell ('News for Lulu' and 'More News for Lulu') which are absolutely mind blowing... that guy can get so much air through his horn it's rediculous, and he plays faster than JJ. Well, I didn't think I wanted to go back to school, but now I think I might have to change my mind :) .Bil. ich|bin|ein|kopieier

Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions, now I have a better place from which to begin my hunt... :) phil

i tried posting this earlier but it didn't seem to go through.... wow. looks like we have a pretty damn good music department. the department must be quite small. for one thing, 800 people graduated from my college last june (UCSD is divided into 5 colleges). only one was a music major... a music/biology double major to be exact. secondly, only music majors are premitted to take upper division courses in the departmnet. non-majors must petition the department (this is not the case with other departments). Anyway, thanks for all the info. I might try to sneak into some of those classes next quarter. ---- emosissy

quoted 13 lines ICAM 102/VIS 145A Digital Media I: Time, Movement, Sound

> ICAM 102/VIS 145A Digital Media I: Time, Movement, Sound > MUS 160C Electronics in Music > MUS 162 Computer Music > MUS 163 Music Technology Seminar > MUS 161. Programming for Musical Applications (4) > MUS 162. Introduction to Computer Music (4) > http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/dept.music/musicdept/courses/7/syllabus.html > http://man104nfs.ucsd.edu/~mpuckett/Syllabi/6.98f.html > http://man104nfs.ucsd.edu/~mpuckett/Syllabi/161.98f.html > http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/dept.music/musicdept/coursepages.html > http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/dept.music/musicdept/courses/MusTech.html > http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/dept.music/musicdept/UCSDmusic.html >

I went there for a year. I couldn't handle the weather (all overcast, all the time) but the school is great - provided that hippies don't give you hives (as they do me). The courses are taught by teams of instructors and are very, very good. You get written evaluations instead of grades and the emphasis is on learning, not performing well on tests. Anyway, they also have amazing amounts of fun stuff (ie computers, equipment, etc) available to all students. You can also design your own classes and if you can find a teacher who will sponsor you (not as hard as it sounds) you can get credit for doing absolutely anything (or nothing, even). --sharon solenoid wrote:

quoted 23 lines If you don't mind hippies, you might check out Evergreen State in Olympia

> If you don't mind hippies, you might check out Evergreen State in Olympia > Washington (state). A pretty liberal (for better and a bit for worse) > school and I know they've got a fairly good collection of Moog modules > (old) and computers fwiw. > > Solenoid > > On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Phil C wrote: > > > I have begun looking for colleges... Something which offers a well rounded > > smorgasborg of music theory/history etc & electronic music (everything from > > recording techniques -> MIDI -> DSP and music related programming)... So far > > I have found some stuff.... University of No. Colorado seems to be Ok... > > Indiana Univ and Oregon (State)? University both look pretty intruiging as does > > New College in Sarasota... though neither of the Universities offer anything > > Re: programming (not specific to music anyway)... in New College I could fashion > > some classes on my own... BUT... I am sure that I have missed some schools... > > so could anyone offer some suggestions? Preferably in the US... but I am not > > opposed to leaving the country either... ???? > > > > thanks, > > phil > >